1. MWH Corning March 2010

2.  Japan’s military leaders wanted an empire like the European nations had  1931 – Japanese troops moved from Manchuria into NE China  1937 – Second Sino –Japanese War  Used a lot of resources, Japan looked at the rich European colonies in SE Asia

3.  The U.S. felt that their colonies in the Philippines and Guam were threatened  Sent aid to China to resist Japanese  1941 – Japan invades French Indochina  Pres. Roosevelt cuts off oil shipments  Admiral Yamamoto calls for an attack on Pearl Harbor (Hawaii)  Dec 1941 – Japanese attacked  Congress declares war on Japan and its allies  Internment of Japanese Americans - (1942) 110,000 placed in War Relocation Camps, 65% U.S. Citizens  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUrpIFp7EMA&feature=relate d http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUrpIFp7EMA&feature=relate d

4.  Japan also launched bombing raids on Hong Kong (British colony) and Guam/Wake Islands  Invasion force landed in Thailand  Jan – April 1942 Japan takes the Philippines  Feb 1942 – Japanese strike against British colonies: Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and Burma; Dutch East Indies (Indonesia)  Treatment of Japanese Prisoners of War  By 1942 control 1 million square miles – WHY?

5.  Battle of Coral Sea (1942)– use of aircraft  Battle of Midway (1942) – turn the tide  General MacArthur’s “Island Hopping” plan – target strategically important islands, moving closer to Japan  Battle of Guadalcanal (1942) – 6 months, Japanese lost 24,000 of 36,000 force

6.  By 1944 Japanese Navy was destroyed – only Army and Air Force (kamikaze pilots) in play  Feb 1945 – Fire bombing of Tokyo begins (carpet bombing -> non-strategic)  March 1945 – American Marines take the island of Iwo Jima (Iwoto)  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Wm7ADffYzo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Wm7ADffYzo  April 1945 – Okinawa – Japanese lost 100,000 troops, US 10,000  Next step – invasion of Japan but that would come at a cost

7.  Pres Truman needed to decide to commit about.5 million troops or use a new weapon – the Atomic bomb  Ultimatum – unconditional surrender of Japan  Emperor no longer divine  Aug 6, 1945 – Ebola Gay – dropped Atomic bomb on Hiroshima – 80,000 people killed but “injuries” continue until today  Aug 9, 1945 – second bomb on Nagasaki  Japanese surrender Sept 2, 1945  Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NF4LQaWJRD g&feature=SeriesPlayList&p=D7F1A06CE1780AD5http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NF4LQaWJRD g&feature=SeriesPlayList&p=D7F1A06CE1780AD5